Latin America - ties to U.S. "faltering..."
this is one of those articles that has to be read all the way through to pick up the slant...
you can expect to hear the "democratic institutions . . . are faltering" line repeated over and over as the u.s. lays the groundwork for latin american intervention against the possibility that venezuela or bolivia will nationalize their domestic energy industries... because, you see, the "divide" is all about "free" trade and "free" markets ("free" defined as being open to the u.s. without constraint)...
the "souring" on free-market reforms came about largely as a result of countries like argentina struggling to blindly follow imf and world bank dictates that most often were crafted for the benefit of the global financial organizations backing the loans...
"latin american advocates of closer u.s. ties will lose influence...?" who in latin america is pushing for "closer u.s. ties...?" in-depth news-gathering would provide information about who, precisely, those "advocates" are, their affiliations, their backers, etc... Submit To Propeller
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While Latin America has been enjoying its best economic performance in years, its democratic institutions and ties to the United States are faltering, according to a new report by the Inter-American Dialogue (IAD), a Washington-based think tank.
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[T]he growing divide between the U.S. and Latin America has only served to compound the region's problems, according to the report, which noted, ”Few Latin American governments today view the United States as a reliable partner.”
you can expect to hear the "democratic institutions . . . are faltering" line repeated over and over as the u.s. lays the groundwork for latin american intervention against the possibility that venezuela or bolivia will nationalize their domestic energy industries... because, you see, the "divide" is all about "free" trade and "free" markets ("free" defined as being open to the u.s. without constraint)...
The divide has multiple origins, it said, including the failure of former President Bill Clinton to get congressional approval for negotiating authority for new trade agreements after NAFTA; the souring of many in of Latin America on free-market reforms by the late-1990s, and the shift in U.S. attention to international terrorism, nuclear proliferation and the war in Iraq.
If Bush fails to get Congress to ratify CAFTA, it warns, any hope for a FTAA [Free Trade Agreement for the Americas] accord will be dashed, and ”Latin American advocates of closer U.S. ties will lose influence across the region, while Washington's adversaries will gain new ground.”
the "souring" on free-market reforms came about largely as a result of countries like argentina struggling to blindly follow imf and world bank dictates that most often were crafted for the benefit of the global financial organizations backing the loans...
"latin american advocates of closer u.s. ties will lose influence...?" who in latin america is pushing for "closer u.s. ties...?" in-depth news-gathering would provide information about who, precisely, those "advocates" are, their affiliations, their backers, etc... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
7/15/2005
